Day 4 of the Rest Of Your Life
Hey Kula!
How are things going on Day 4 after the cleanse? Are you finding it easy to continue your mindful eating? Or did you sigh a big sigh of relief and dive into a double bacon cheeseburger? Keep in mind our rutted thinking - if you went to the game and ate a chili dog with beer and an ice cream, don't fall into the trap of "Oh, I totally blew it, it's all over now". That's an old rut, let's start to lay some treads on a new path and realize we can always start again, mindfully.
Have you practiced yet this week? Asana? Meditation?
I'd love to hear responses from as many of you as possible, if not just for a way to connect this week!
Love,
Gina
posted by Gina Caputo - Yogini On The Loose @ 2:11 PM
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Jackie, you might explore yoga classes that are more physically challenging for you. You have told me that Tricia's classes are not very challenging and gym classes often have to serve too broad a clientele to make them challenging. Part of this is a letting go on your part and finding a practice that will aid you in doing so. If you're having to constantly question your practice as being "enough", keep looking for better classes and better teachers to suit you!
It's been an OK week for me... I haven't been getting up as early and, consequently, the first thing to go is yoga / meditation.
I have been doing pretty well on food... though I don't rise to the bar that has been set by some of you. I have been eating more fruits and veggies and very little meat - usually only in one meal a day. I view this as a positive change. I have had wine, beer, and an occasional cookie (darn kids make them and leave them out). I think it's more about trying to moderate for me... keep improving by baby steps, not leaps and bounds.
I will be in yoga class Thursday evening amd I really look forward to it!
Blessings,
Jim
I'm working on cutting down my protein, phase 2 as much as possible. no meat!I'm learning to be a veggie cook! The depth of my spiritual exploration has been wonderful fun.
John has been on the road all week so neither of us has been able to come to class. I am practicing at home and John does his while traveling (gotta love the travel mat). My eating habits are pretty much Phase III of the cleanse with the exception of my really bad day on Monday (the culinary medicine day which was a colonary mistake :)
Monday's news is still hanging with me but is rearing up less and less. I am still trying to take things day by day - reducing attachment and trying to find ways to bring peace and happiness to others.
I have slowly been going back to earlier eating. I was much more mindful of my grocery shopping last night. I bought some treats, but nowhere near the amount nor the intensity of my previous grocery shopping. I am taking the middle road for me. This is my first posting. I have read and enjoyed all the information and support of the group.
Hey back at ya!
Doing well, trying to stay more in phase 2, most of the time.I don't want to ever eat red meat again.I have been having fun cooking and planning to set time aside to do it. It really helps me to bulk cook on Sunday. I chop and prepare for the week. I have even got my kids helping. Not eating all of it but it is a start. I did backslide on my cafine. I am cutting back. I am mad at myself, but as Will said I know I can do without it, it is just my choice and I guess I was hoping I would be better and chosing wisely. I am not going to beat myself up. I will soften around it and work with it! (Thanks Gina)
I also am a gym junkie. I thought I would lose all my strength after taking the week off just doing yoga but found the oppisite to be true. And there is no just doing yoga. I am amazed at the peace it brings me. I have found for me it is 80% diet and only 20% exercise. Thats a bummer. I wish it was switched. Although now I finally get it. It is not about a dress size. It is about how comfortable I am in my skin and thoughts. I feel good! Still making time to do yoga everyday even if for a short time. Also taking time for meditation which is becoming easier and easier and enjoying it more and more. Shannon I must have hit the 21 time marker.
I'm off to Springfield for my brothers wedding! My heart is full of joy and I am so ready to embrace the time we will share in celerbration!
Until we meet again, Smile,
Leslie
I feel that I have fallen back in to my old eating habits, however I do feel that my choices are more mindful and there have been no cheeseburger french fry trips yet. I have not gone back to the diet Pepsi and I am very happy about that. One thing I have noticed is that several foods that I once thought were so to die for yummy are really not so great. yesterday my office brought in snacks for the October birthdays and someone brought in a cheesecake, I tried a piece of the raspberry and it was to say the least....gross! I think it was the fact that it was not filled with prana. The raspberry goo on top almost tasted fake (probably because it was) and I quickly threw it in the trash thinking that if it is not going to nourish my body in the way that I need it then what's the point? Anyway I hope to continue with this thought process
Something else I noticed is that the foods I thought were not so appealing before the cleanse are now so so yummy!! I know yogurt was not cleanse approved however I found myself the other day wanting something sweet and grabbed a yogurt out of the fridge and it was as though it was the best thing I had ever tasted. So I guess I will take these things I have learned and run with them.
Another thing I just thought of is that people have been asking me if I'm back to eating "normal" foods again!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that was the funniest thing in the world. Like during the cleanse we were eating foods from another planet or something.
I have noticed alot of negative feedback form those around me the past few days. I think that I am just so much more tuned in to it now. Before I thought that was the way we were supposed to be and now realizing my true potential I know that it doesn't need to be that way. I have control over how I feel about things
woo hoo! such great insights michelle! this is fantastic news! may we learn from your example and experiences!
Went to a birthday party last night. Lots of wine, beer, and a fantastic chocolate cake from The Cheesecake Factory. But I ate nuts and raisins and drank water. That never would have happened a month ago! Also, after drinking coffee every day for thirty years, I've been able to give up that habit too. I feel great and on a more even keel. Yoga is about "modification of the fluctuations of the mind" and purification. So putting the brakes on the toxins you put into the body and mind are crucial first steps on the path. But first you have to break the cycle, get off the wheel. And that's perhaps the hardest part. Thanks again to Gina everyone in the Kula for giving the structure and support to make that possible.
Jim, that is fantastic in so many ways. I love that you're not only recognizing the negative effects what you were putting in your body was having on your daily existence AND I love that you're teaching by example, maybe planting a little seed in the minds of all those at the party witnessing how someone can attend a party and not get loaded on every variation of sugar :) Right on brother!
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